Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-18
LNGlNE AND BAKE.
FIRES hest News From the
Railroads.
A NEW LINE TO WHITTIER.
Fastest Track-Laying on Record
Work of the Rock Island
r. r. Other Notes.

klnS, w. v. Huntington ana w. r..
Brown hal filed articles of incorpora-
ton of the Long Beach, Whittier and
Los Angeles County Railroad Com
pany, with a capital stock OF $780,
600. For some time surveying
party has been at work between "a
point about half mile southeast oil
where the Anaheim Branch OF the
Southern Pacific Company crosses
the new San Gabriel River, bet .eeD
Downey and Norwalk, trying to
select a ronte for the read from that
point to Whittier, and as announced
in the HERALD some days
ago, they hal finished the survey.
The incorporators of this road have
been for some time trying 10 perfect
all arrangements for the o, I'd, but II
was not until yesterday evening that
everything was actually really for
work Yesterd ~ evening the co
tract for the construction Was. let t.
the Pacific !mprov ment G "npany,
an, the road will now be built just as
quick MS possible. Yesterday morn
ing lirg. force OF men were ordered
to pitch their camp at a point a"ont
three miles rom the main line OF the
Southern Pacific Company between
that plice and Whittier,
with instructions to co mence
grading tomorrow morning. g
road will be about six miles long
and will. connect with the main line of
the Southern Pacific Company a half
a mile southeast OF where that road
now CROSSES the New San Gabriel
river, running in northeasteriy direc-
ton to Whittier. The connection
with the main line will he made upon
what is known as the Chino ranch,
running through that ranch and the
properties Of Messrs. Vedder, Orr,
Miller, Loyeall, Hargraves ani Nun.
mocks to point on tho 5inf 'rd
property, adjacent to Fulton Wells.
1t will pass Fulton Wells, or Sant, re
Springs, about half q mile west OF
the 8 .nta Fe II ,tel, crossing the sur.
vey Of the Santa Ana Division Of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa re Com
pany, near the j motion of the county
roads. From this point it pur-ues d
north-easterly direction through the
Sanford property, which IL controlled
by Col. q. H. Violet AMI others, and
the Dowity property where it makes
O slight curve move to the east, and
continues On to Whittier through the
properties OF Messrs, Gura,lo,
DR.. Hall, Prttman, Martin, Valla,
Cole, Sr and Jr.. and entering Wnli :
tier through Dunlap's addition TO that
town. On the Dunlap addition u sta
ton will ne located on or near Ever
green street, and in Whittier the STA
ton will he located on or near Hddlry
street. The parties who have been
instrumental in bringing this road to
it's present point state th 1t it will he
finished inside OF thirty days, AMI that
trains from Los Aegeles TO Whittier
will he running at the end OF that time.
The citizens Of Whittier aud along the
line OF road subscribed q purse OF
$500, 600 to help pay for its cunstruc-
ton. The grading will be very easy,
and the road will have no curves that
will interfere with the istest running
of train. 1t has not yet b EN- settled
how the road will run firm Long
Beach, as the directors could not all
Agree.
Fastest Track.Lay > ing ora Record
Some further testimony in regard
to the rapid track-laying feat on the
Central Pacific railroad is at hand. In
reply to an inquiry chief engineer
VIM. Hood OF that company, writes to
the Great Falls, Mont, Tribune as fol-
lows:
Ihave Looked over the fac's. In regard to
the tract III, ing on the Central PACING rail-
road 1T PromontOry. Utah. The disiance
laid was bout ten miles and 1000 f. ct in
one day, wholly BY daylight No rails were
hauled by teams; but they were ruu out rs
usual OH The iron Car, and each pair OF rails
handled as usual by eight men, four
men 10 each rail, and the entire distance
was 30 laid from one end by one hhift of
men. he distance laid VAS mostly on an
ascending grade OF sixty SIX FEET per nile,
and there were about one ana obe-quarter
miles of curves encountered, the RAJ Tor
which were properly curved on the ground
the same day they were iald, The entire
DAVIS work was witnessed ny prominent
Union paeihc railroad officials. az well AS by
VIM. HOOD, Chief Engineer.
It will be seen that in his statement
"No rails were hauled by teams, but
they were run out as usual OH the iron
car" Mr.. Hood differs from Mr.. @. r.
Huntington, who, in letter to the
Rail.oay Age, dated November 14,h,
saws: "IL il D oper to say that on ac-
count of deficiency OF motive power
and the nature of the country t,av-
erred it was necessary to haul pr
ton of the rails and ties out in all
vance,, This is an essential differ
ence az, if the ties and rails were
strung along ahead OF tho tracklayers.
the mileage Of each track that
could be laid down in day would be
limit-d only by the number Of men
who could be employed. The
achievement would not be much
more remarkable than that which,
has been accomplished in several in
stances Of changing the guage OF an
entire railway, hundreds OF miles
long. Ia a single day. But while Mr..
Hood may be mistaken in saying that
no rails were hauled out in advance,
his statement "that each ptir OF rails
was handled as usual by eight men,
four men to each rail-" brings the
performance within the conditions OF
the original discussion, namely, that
OF con inuons tracklaying from one
end, and in this respect the Central
Pacific achievement is the greatest on
on record. The fact that
the rails were curved on
the ground for about mile and a haiti
of curves adds greatly to the diff ;uty
OF the work. In his letter in our issue
of last week General Manager rowne
saws: 1.-The iron for this ten miles OF
track was all handled by a gang of
eight men. four on eaci side OF a rail"
This evidently involves a verbal err
ror, the intention doubtless being to
say 1.-TWO men on each si,ie Of rail"
thus corresponding with he statement
Of Engineer Hood. 1t may be aided
that the rails laid on the Central Pa.
cific were probably lighter than those
:i L.. ..a.. o., tho Ma nitaha uhan